If you want to read one Kinky "Big Dick" Friedman novel, try this one. Besides the usual three-laff-a-page Kinkyisms, it actually does get to the heart of the genius of Willie Nelson--who is the focus of the book and the target of its villains. What an ending, too. If you are both a hardcore Willie and Kinky fan, get the Kinky tribute CD Why the Hell Not? (with covers by Willie, Todd Snider, Lyle Lovett, and Dwight Yoakam) and the DVD of Willie and Kinky on Charlie Rose promoting it (Kinky blows cigar smoke across every third frame).